DocumentCode
2663140
Title
Acceptable operating force for buttons on in-ear type headphones
Author
Buil, Vincent ; Hollemans, Gerard
Author_Institution
Media Interaction Group, Philips Res. Labs., Eindhoven, Netherlands
fYear
2005
fDate
18-21 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
186
Lastpage
189
Abstract
The touch headphones are a solution for providing playback and volume controls on in-ear type headphones. One of the issues with placing controls on earpieces is that applied pressure is transferred to the inner ear, which potentially creates discomfort. The experiment described in this short paper shows that conventional button switches are not well accepted. Users preferred to operate a button on an earpiece with a force of around 85 grams.
Keywords
earphones; headphones; interactive devices; acceptable button operating force; in-ear type headphone; touch headphone; Bluetooth; Communication system control; Ear; Force measurement; Headphones; Particle measurements; Pressure control; Prototypes; Strain measurement; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wearable Computers, 2005. Proceedings. Ninth IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2419-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISWC.2005.7
Filename
1550805
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